Apple performs her child protection work

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Apple expands its functions and toolboxes for the safety of children and adolescents. For this, the iPhone manufacturer mainly depends on the details to enable parents and developers to respond to various ages needs in the future. However, large desires such as the existing screen time improvement in time or the accessibility of multi-user for iPhone and iPad remains in the wish list.

Developers should be able to use a new interface called “declared age limit” during the year. Parents can either call app developers an estimated age limit, approximately 13 to 17 so that they can cut their apps and content better to young users. Parents can also remove this information later. Above these, data should be avoided in the interest of minimalization, that the exact date of birth of children should be published or optionally individual data.

New age in app store

Apple also plans to revise the age in the app store after 15 years. Developers have to classify their apps themselves. Instead of four, there will be five age limit to choose. So far, level 4+, 9+, 12+ and 17+. The new classifications are 4+, 9+, 13+, 16+ and 18+. Parents should also find new uniform marks that indicate that if an app works with a user-borne material, it contains advertising or original functions or is evidence of age.

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Extension improvement occurs when installing children’s accounts. It should be easy and sharp in the future – if necessary, first without parents, but still with active security. The age group (less than 12, 13 to 17, less than 18) can also be selected in decorations that belong to a child. Querry the means of paying the parents should be a matter of the past if someone is already stored in the original account.

Apart from this, only one account per device

Change, Apple was also explained in a white paperComplement existing child protection functions, to regulate the use of equipment above screen time, or communication protection, which is aimed at preventing children from receiving harmful messages. However, in these functions and changes, according to which users are repeatedly requested in the forums, remain in the wish list. In addition, Apple insists that iPhones and iPads are individual equipment and therefore it can only be operated with an apple account – however, in some families the reality is in such a way that they share an iPad.

(MKI)